Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1902 — Egyptian Women. [ARTICLE]

Egyptian Women.

The Egyptian beasts of burden, the camel, the ox, the donkey, have the same patient look as the people. It may not be improper to add another beast of burden—woman. There is the look of sad patience In every Egyptian woman’s eyes as in the melancholy river boiling at its great task and in the face of the camel, the donkey and the ox. They all look at you with the same expression of patience. They seem content to live, no matter what the condi tlons of their often wretched life —and not desirous of making change or resistance. The long swing of the camel, the- measured strldc of tßq * f'haTUtrotof -the- donkey, —areseen everywhere. The woman’s face is covered —at least her mouth is always—for ho Ylbhammedan woman majr expose her mouth to the vulgar gaze of passers-by. All have the same expression in their eyes as the camel or other animal. The calamus grows wild on damp soil in most parts of the world; its use as a medicine antedates written history, and during the Middle Ages many superstb tlons were attached to its employment as a remedy.